(they/them) Adoptee | Queer | Adoption Therapist. Helping adoptees reclaim their stories, weaving clinical practice, scholarship, & activism. Views = mine.
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I hate returning to X for this but it has to be made known.
I have been working with a 32 yo queer disabled social work peer in renal failure to fight for their Medicaid that was absolutely wrongfully terminated @PADHSArkoosh @PAHumanServices @PAHealthDept (continued)…
Adoption isn’t just a chapter—it’s an ongoing experience that shapes who we are. Adoptees often feel pressure to conform, but we have the right to define ourselves on our terms. 💙
Your experience is valid, and it’s yours to write. 📝 #AdopteeHealing #AdoptionIsLifelong
Do we need to live Tweet this person’s decline for the next 90 days - hoping they make it that long - for @PAHumanServices @PADHSArkoosh @PAHealthDept to do the right thing?
This is not ok.
When we applied for an expedited appeal, it was denied. Apparently having 12% kidney functioning left (20% is transplant eligible, 15% is the minimum required to stay alive), can wait 90 days without care (continued)… @PADHSArkoosh @PAHumanServices @PAHealthDept
Their kidney transplant assessment is now cancelled. Their fistula surgery is now cancelled. Their dialysis care is now cancelled. Their hematology infusions are now cancelled.
They. Do. Not. Have. 90. Days.
@PADHSArkoosh @PAHumanServices @PAHealthDept #healthcare #medicaid
There’s nothing like getting an email from @aetna about how they prioritize my mental health as a subscriber… when they take 6 months to pay me for my labor as a therapist. Parity optics won’t pay my mortgage, hun. #insurance #MentalHealthAwarenessDay #therapy
The articles & comments about the #abandoned infant in #arizona are disappointing. A new parent left their baby on the doorstep of an occupied home in a retirement community instead of with cops. Have we no compassion to imagine why a scared & stressed person might do that??
Adoptive parent allies. Please mindfully respond to @repmtg’s comments. We do not want to promote saviorism, condemn first families, or de-center adoption from adopted children. AND…
#adoption #MarjorieTaylorGreene #RoeVWade #abortion
I know @repmtg’s comment about “fake parents” wasn’t about adoptees. However, her comment undermines an adopted person’s right to self-determine their own kinship. I hope media outlets will amplify adoptee voices in response #abortion #adoption #fakeparents #adoptiveparents
My name was changed from Christen Davida Haney to Sarah Callahan to Amanda JoAnn Transue. My agency essentially forced my parents to change my name. My a-mom was Iroquois & had her family name forcibly altered by a boarding school. My name change activated generational trauma.
In my adoption file, it’s clear my first mom & family were shown what *other families* had to offer me.
But no one approached them in a spirit of respect & encouragement. No one highlighted their strengths or what *they* could offer me.
#adoption #ethics #socialwork
The Turnaway Study offers compelling facts about how people forced to birth overwhelmingly opt to parent - when there is a choice to parent. When there isn’t a choice, we have the entire Baby Scoop Era to look at. 🧵
#adoption #christianity #RoeVWade #welladoptyourbaby
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And also see: Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade a.co/d/4acSP5w
Turnaway Study: ansirh.org/research/ongoing/…
However, I anticipate the secular and pro-choice nature of many resources that might challenge a church’s beliefs on this may not be acceptable evidence to the church in the first place, unfortunately.
When birth AND adoption are forced: a.co/d/cMjfNhc
Ya’ll do not pay for your practice furniture with @Wayfair which uses @Citibank. In the event they forget to send you a card, getting them to send a card so you can access your account is almost as bad as working with insurance companies. 0 stars. #creditcard #privatepractice